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Alan B'Stard
The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine. New Statesman or New Statesmen may also refer to: * ''The New Statesman'' (1984 TV series), a British television sitcom starring Windsor Davies * ''The New Statesman'' (1987 TV series), a 1987–1994 British television series starring Rik Mayall *''New Statesmen ''New Statesmen'' was a "political superhero series" featured in British comic ''Crisis'', created by John Smith and Jim Baikie, which lasted for fourteen episodes from 1988 to 1989. Publication history Sean Philips and Duncan Fegredo were bro ...'', a comic strip written by John Smith and published in ''Crisis'' See also * Statesman (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Statesman
The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members of the socialist Fabian Society, such as George Bernard Shaw, who was a founding director. Today, the magazine is a print–digital hybrid. According to its present self-description, it has a liberal and progressive political position. Jason Cowley, the magazine's editor, has described the ''New Statesman'' as a publication "of the left, for the left" but also as "a political and literary magazine" with "sceptical" politics. The magazine was founded by members of the Fabian Society as a weekly review of politics and literature. The longest-serving editor was Kingsley Martin (1930–1960), and the current editor is Jason Cowley, who assumed the post in 2008. The magazine has recognised and published new writers and critics, as well as e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Statesman (1984 TV Series)
''The New Statesman'' is a British television sitcom which first aired on BBC 2.Perry p.156 It consists of seven episodes, including the original pilot. It is unrelated to the ITV series of the same name which began three years later. The life of the pompous, grandiose curator of a small agricultural museum near Aylesbury is turned upside down when he inherits a Welsh Earldom. However, his inheritance turns out to be far less grandiose than he expects. Main cast * Windsor Davies as George Vance * Anna Dawson as Enid Vance * Sean Chapman as Robert Vance * Madeline Adams as Clementine Vance * Ivor Roberts as Phillip Thomas * Eilian Wyn as Owen Thomas * Victoria Plucknett as Leonora Thomas * Julian Curry Julian Burnlee Curry (8 December 1937 – 27 June 2020) was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama '' Rumpole of the Bailey''. Early life The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmast ... as Lecturer * Paul Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Statesman (1987 TV Series)
''The New Statesman'' is a British sitcom made in the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the United Kingdom's Conservative government of the period. It was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the request of, and as a starring vehicle for, its principal actor Rik Mayall. The show's theme song is an arrangement by Alan Hawkshaw of part of the ''Promenade'' from ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. The programme was made by the ITV franchise Yorkshire Television between 1987 and 1992, although the BBC made two special episodes; one in 1988, the other in 1994. Cast list *Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard MP *Michael Troughton as Piers Fletcher-Dervish MP *Marsha Fitzalan as Sarah B'Stard *Rowena Cooper as Norman/Norma Bormann (Series 1; she was credited as "R. R. Cooper" in all but episode six, in order to keep her gender uncertain) * Charles Gray as Roland Gidleigh-Park (Series 1) *Vivien Heilbron as Beatrice Protheroe (Series 1) * Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Statesmen
''New Statesmen'' was a "political superhero series" featured in British comic ''Crisis'', created by John Smith and Jim Baikie, which lasted for fourteen episodes from 1988 to 1989. Publication history Sean Philips and Duncan Fegredo were brought in to cover for Jim Baikie on issues five, thirteen and fourteen and issues seven and eight, respectively. ''New Statesmen'', was the story which, along with ''Third World War'', launched 2000 AD's sister comic ''Crisis''. The series was published in ''Crisis'' from issue #1–14 with a reappearance in issue #28. It was also repackaged for the American market as a five-issue prestige format limited series released in 1989. This had been part of the business plan for ''Crisis'' from the start but only the early series, like ''New Statesmen'', got this treatment. David Bishop ''Thrill Power Overload'', p. 127 In 1990 the story was collected into a trade paperback. Plot Set in America in 2047, the series told the story of a number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |